'Relevance'is one of the key terms related to reforms in the teaching and learning of science.
It is often used by policy-makers, curriculum developers, science education researchers and …

There is widespread agreement that an adequate understanding of the nature of science
(NOS) is a critical component of scientific literacy and a major goal in science education …

Scientific literacy reflects “a broad and functional understanding of science for general
education purposes”(DeBoer,, p. 594). Herein, we present the ongoing development of the …

One common theme underlying recent reports on science education is that the content of
school science and its related pedagogical approaches are not aligned with the interests …

Guided inquiry-based learning has been shown to be a promising method for science
education; however, despite its advantages it is rarely used in chemistry teaching in …

This chapter briefly traces the history of nature of science (NOS) orientations in science
education, notes some differences in the way NOS is defined and in arguments used to …

Adding to concerns about falling participation rates in science education, the profile of
certain student groups who go on to study decreases, particularly as the year level …

One focal point of science learning is to develop students' ability to actively participate in
discussions of socio-scientific issues (SSIs) in their daily lives. This study proposed the SSIs …

The aim of this paper is to examine the importance of contextualization of Nature of Science
(NOS) within the Socioscientific Issues (SSI) framework, because of the importance to …

Ocean Acidification (OA) is an emerging environmental issue that is still largely unknown to
the public and in its infancy in terms of educational strategies. OA teaching material should …